Re: OT: Looking for info on IEEE-488 (GPIB)

[Harry Broomhall <haeb@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:28:47 -0000, you wrote:

>Sorry for the OT, but I have no idea where to start on this one :)
>
>I have a card that supports IEEE-488 (GPIB) but no idea if it as any
use?
>Does anyone have any ideas, or old kit/cables that need a new home?
>
>Here is the spec on the card: http://www.htbasic.com/hm900.html
>
>Any info/suggestions on HA possibilities welcome.
>
>( The PC also has 32 port digital I/O cards in it, which is why I got
it)
>http://www.ieci.com.au/products/print_page.asp?Product_ID=227
>

   Wow - that takes me back!  I used to program that bus on
a regular
basis.  To illustrate just how far back this goes, the original
Commodore PET micro had a IEEE488 bus for its peripherals.

    Somewhere I even have a bus monitor!

    These days it is dead in the water - the bus speed
(originaly at 1
MHz) being just too slow.

     The card isn't much use without drivers - and that
page doesn't
say, but implies, that the drivers shipped are 16bit DOS ones.

     Regards,
           
Harry.



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